The Business Case for Patient-Centered Facility Design

Patient-centered facility design incorporates research on architectural and engineering approaches that positively affect patient outcomes. Patient-centered design is a part of evidence-based design, which also incorporates staff-efficient and energy-efficient features, says Ellen Taylor, director of research, The Center for Health Design, a Concord, Calif., not-for-profit.

A spacious, sound-proofed room…healing art…large windows overlooking a natural setting: facility designs that reduce patient stress, aid healing, and prevent falls and infections may not only improve patients’ health and experience, but also ensure a financially healthier organization.

This article reviews some real and successful cases that illustrates this topic.